Mop.



H. E. WELLS.

MOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1915.

Patented June 13, 1916.

THE OOLUMBIIA FLANOGIAPH (20., WASHINGTON. D. C.

HARRIET EITEL wELLs, ononroaeo, ILLiNOIs.

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A man filed may 1, 1915. erial no. 253%.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, HARn1nr-ErrnL l VnLLs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful lmprovemnts' in Mops, of whlch the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mops. j a

One of the objectsof my invention is to provide a light, efiicient, sanitary mop, especially adapted for cleansing hardwood floors, parquetry borders, tile, terrazzo and mosaic floors, furniture and other like polished surfaces. V

' Another object of my invention is to construct a mop of a yielding, soft, homogeneous material, such as, felt or the like, having a water-proof, or non-absorbing coating, and means for securing detachably preoiled relatively cheap cloths thereto, whereby the surface of the mop proper may be kept clean by frequent change of the cloth covering. And still another object of my invention is to so construct the mop of such shape that all corners, as the corners between the floor and adjacent wall of the room, may conveniently'be reached, and relatively flat and soft so that it may be pushed under the furniture, in the operation of cleansing the floor, and having no hard projecting surfaces, so that it may beused freely without danger of bruising the furniture.

Other and further objects of my invention will become readily apparent to persons skilled in the art from a consideration of the following description taken in conjunction with the drawings wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the mop ready for use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan tion of the fastening taken on line 44 of Fig. 2, whereby the cloths may be attached to the mop. 7 V c The mop proper, 5, is preferably triangular in shape and in the particular illustration it is shown to be composed of a body of felt 6 which is a homogeneous, yielding, fiat body, of substantially uniform thickness admirably adapted for the purpose. It is provided with a water-proof, or non-absorbing covering 7, such as oil cloth or the like, or its exterior surfaces may be Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11116 13 1916. i

covered with a proper coating of paint or s other similar weather proof or non-absorbent material to provide a surface of the character adapted not to absorb the oilwith which the cloths that surround the mop are to be saturated, and from which the oil ad hering thereto, may be wiped off with relatively dry cloth. A:metal plate 8 is properly secured to the body 6, in the present exemplification the screws 9 are shown passing through the plate and partwaythrough the felt asa means forattaching this plate to the felt body; ltis of course evident that the plate may be secured by other .means,

such as by glue or the like, if desired.v The plate is provided withears 1010" between which a handle 11 is pivoted, as at the pin 12. The handle is preferably split, as at 13, and a screw 14 is threaded into one side of the handle and pressed against the other side so as to create friction between the parts of the handle and the ears 10 and 10 that the handle 11 may stand in any position in which it is placed. Other means than that shown may be employed for frictionally attaching the handle 11 to the body 6 without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. A removable cloth, 15, such as cheese cloth, may be cut to the proper pattern and folded over at the rear edges of the mop andthe overlapped edges secured together, as by means of friction engaging clasps 16 or other similar devices to, hold the cloth in place upon the mop, as shown in Fig. 4. Other means than that shownmay be employed for removably securing the cloths together at the overlapped edges wherebythe cloths may be quickly placed in position or taken from the mop. The cloths are to be previously soaked in oil, of a suitable character, which may con+ tain germ killing ingredients and which is capable of absorbing the dust deposited upon the floor over which the mop is passed. 7 In the use of the mop, it is passed over the surfaces uponwhich light dust is present, and the oiled cloths, coming in contact with such dust, causes it to adhere to the outer surfaces thereof. After the surfaces have been coated with dust the cloth is removed and a clean cloth is substituted. A supply of such cloths may be contained in a suitable receptacle such as a can, boX or the like, in which the oil with which they are to e cloths being contained inlthe box so that the cloths will not permit dripping of the oil '1 -;-over the floor When they are removed from- .the box." The cloths are of such formation "and their fastenings are so convenient that the cloths maybe removed from the mop 1 and fresh ones placed in position Without soiling the fingers of'the operator.

The clothsare of such trifling v'alue'that they "maybe thrown away-after "having once been used orthey maybe saved and Washed "in the proper detergents and resoaked in oil for a secondor third use i *The triangular shape of the mop permits it to be moved along the lower edge of the base board of a Wall so that the handle Will be sufiicientlyremoved from the'wall above topermit easy operation. 1 The vertical side walls ofthe mop structure-together with it 'the pointed i'ront,- permit its introduction into sinall'spacesand' sharp angular surfaces;

i Copies of this patentlmay be obtained for -While Ihave shown single embodiment of my invention for the'purpose of clear fl disclosure it is manifest that immaterial changes may be made in the materials, construction and in the formation and distribution of parts Within the scope of the ap pended claims.

Having described my invention, What I claim is I 1. A mop comprising'a yielding, homogeneous, relatively fiat body member, a liquid-proof covering therefor, and a cloth covering detachably secured thereover.

2. A polishing mop comprising a yield-.

'hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. i

HARRIET EITEL WELLS. y In the presence of .STANLEY W, Coon, MARY F. ALLEN.

five cents each, by addressing the lcoinmlssioncr of Patents.

Washington, D. 0." 

